mochalatt3 replied to your post “does anyone know anything about why chris palmer and steve ahn left...”
When you say final production, do you mean they've almost finished all six seasons? Is it normal to be so far ahead of what's currently airing in terms of completed material? Just wondering cuz I was nervous about ppl quitting too.
It’s not uncommon, though there are other ways to work with it too. For example, Sugar and other staff working on SU have mentioned before that usually an episode is completed a whole year before it airs.
If I’m not mistaken, AtlA was a series that was mostly done before it aired, while Korra only had it’s first season finished before airing, and other seasons were produced as it got popular (hence why the delays between seasons as well).
Production of Voltron began in 2014, two years before it aired. By then they already had a contract of six seasons with Netflix, which is why Voltron is way ahead and we can enjoy the seasons with little delay in between them.
I have no idea how far ahead they though, it’s merely speculation. I see no reason for two directors to leave the show if it’s not because the show is getting close to completion (unless they quit themselves to work on other projects. It’s not impossible, I just think it’s too much of a coincidence).
Mind you, if they quite or were reassigned without the show being close to completion, this most likely means others replaced them (DW might have hired other directors or other staff might have been promoted) after they left, and we simply don’t know because no one has mentioned it or announced them.